Having a young biological age could help with weight lossFri, 24 Jul 2026 12:57:26 +0000 In a small study, restricting calories led to greater weight loss among people with a biological age younger than their chronological age | |
10 of the best pictures of solar eclipses throughout historyFri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Humans have been observing solar eclipses for millennia – carving, painting, sketching and finally photographing as the moon blocks out the disc of the sun | |
Most neurons seem to be jacks-of-all-trades, not specialistsFri, 24 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000 We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most neurons are generalists | |
We now know how a black hole can be flung across the universeFri, 24 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 When researchers found evidence of a black hole flying out of its galaxy, nobody knew how that could happen. Now we have an explanation | |
There are only a few anti-ageing supplements that actually workFri, 24 Jul 2026 08:00:00 +0000 When it comes to supplements to stave off the effects of ageing, columnist Graham Lawton admits he is a hardened sceptic. But he finds some evidence for a few that can improve biological age as we grow older | |
This El Niño will be the hottest by a huge marginThu, 23 Jul 2026 18:00:39 +0000 The super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150 years, breaking global temperature records and unleashing extreme weather | |
Extremely basic AI prompt cracks decades-old maths problemThu, 23 Jul 2026 15:32:55 +0000 For the second time in a week, a long-standing conjecture has been disproved by artificial intelligence, highlighting the advanced mathematical capabilities of ChatGPT and its ilk | |
Can sounds make plants grow bigger? A start-up says they canThu, 23 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0000 Haivya has developed acoustic signals designed to influence plant development, and its trials reportedly show large yield increases in soybean, pepper and cannabis crops | |
Fields medal 2026: Work on unifying laws of physics wins maths prizeThu, 23 Jul 2026 13:32:00 +0000 Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients of the Fields medal | |
Dark energy doesn’t exist, claims controversial paperThu, 23 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0000 An analysis of supernovae argues that the universe’s expansion is not speeding up, so there is no need for dark energy to exist to explain it | |